Brand Partners
Deliver IDEA training through your own school
IDEA partner schools deliver the Introduction to Driving Education Award in their own area, through their own business, backed by a national framework and standards.
What partnership gives you
Deliver the Level 5 award locally
Train new driving instructors through your own school, teaching the Introduction to Driving Education Award to the national IDEA standard.
Train local instructors to Level 8
The Level 8 diploma is the qualification for teaching the Level 5 award. IDEA trains instructors in your area to it, and their names go on the approved trainer register when they qualify.
Enrol your own students
Enrol a student from your partner dashboard in minutes. They receive their course access by email, and you follow their unit progress as they work.
Set your own in-car fees
Practical training is your business. You agree in-car fees directly with your students. IDEA never sets them for you.
Get found by local learners
Every partner school is listed in the public directory, with its coverage areas pinned on the UK map, so trainees in your area find you first.
The award you deliver
Introduction to Driving Education Award
SCQF Level 5 · 25 credit points · Credit-rated April 2025. Credit-rated by the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA). Your students study online and train in-car with you.
Your patch, on the map
A national network of local schools
Partners keep their own name and their own school. IDEA provides the qualification, the standards and the directory listing that sends local trainees your way.
Who can apply
Tell us about your school
Get in touch with what your school does and what your trainers hold, and we will talk it through. Not qualified to teach the award yet? The Diploma for Teaching the Introduction to Driving Education Award (SCQF Level 8, 17 credit points) is where to start.
Want to train with a partner school instead? See who covers your area Or, if you train instructors yourself, apply to join the trainer register.